01:830:364 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Cue Reactivity
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Stimuli paired with alcohol high become cues (predictors) alcohol"s rewarding effects. These stimuli are the people, places, and things that are consistently present. Conditioned euphoria, stimuli predictive of da activation indice conditioned euphoria. People,places and things come to induce feelings of conditioned euphoria, even before the drug has been taken. You feel better when around drinking buddies. Conditioned urges/cravings. stimuli predictive of da activation induce conditioned urges to get high and cravings for the drug"s euphoric effects. The desire to get high, to feel the drugs effects is elevated when around your drinking buddies. Eventually after repeated acts of drug taking, conditioned craving becomes really triggered by a wide range of drugs. Stimuli predictive of da activation induce conditioned psychomotor activation. The people, places and things that are associated with drug use come to induce the search for reward even before the drug has been taken.
